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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
5
A long list of social visits and greetings marks the holiday season in Monticello. Residents travel to Cedar Rapids Williams burg and Anamosa while local families host relatives from Iowa and Minnesota. A wounded Canadian officer gives a free lecture at the opera house and the community urges Red Cross membership.
Dr L G Stubler conducted eye examinations and fitted glasses, providing complete vision care.
A long list of visitors and movers in Monticello and surrounding towns during Christmas season. Residents traveled to Cedar Rapids Chicago and Rock Island for family visits work changes and schooling. Enlistees and transfers include Vernon Wright and Lyle Robinson with details on training and postings.
Miss Gladys Fairbanks an instructor at Red Oak high school visits her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Fairbanks in Castle Grove township.
A prominent speaker scheduled to appear in Monti Cello on Tuesday night January 15 will address the audience. He previously spoke at a New York City college stadium on July 4 1917 before about 35000 people with Secretary of War Baker in attendance.
Christmas day guests Fred Smith of Allen and Dr. Dwight Smith of Mason City visited their mother Mrs. Ed LeClair. The Monticello State Bank announces 1918 calendars for customers. Captain McQueen will lecture on At The Point of The Bayonet at the opera house next Sunday with free admission. Miss Luzia Thomas returns from Chicago University, set to graduate this semester. Hans Kline travels from Olinto Owatonna Minnesota with a car of goods after buying a 160 acre farm. Church services canceled for patriotic lecture by a disabled Canadian officer, admission free. Misses Lizzie Scott and Hannah De lay return from Minneapolis. Hannah spent time in hospital. Henry Krey couple celebrates silver wedding anniversary. Businesses to close Wednesday nights Jan 2 to Apr 8 1918 for fuel light conservation. Saturday nights open as usual. Jacob Bader and Verner Stockwell in U S service spend Christmas with families. Mrs Halstead M Carpenter travels to Minneapolis to join husband. they will reside there while Lieutenant Carpenter serves at Fort Snelling. Mr John B McCoy and Mrs John Wenger visit Monticello. plan to return for New Year’s Day.
The box social and program at the brick school Richland No 2 was a success. Miss Ward and her pupils earned $63 from the evening's entertainment. Monticello friends of Hugh Campbell mourn his Wyoming fire loss. He carried $1,000 insurance with $6,000 reported loss.
Monticello public schools closed last Friday afternoon for a two weeks vacation. Christmas exercises occurred in the high school and in the grade rooms. All teachers living at a distance left Friday evening and will not return until vacation ends.
The following licenses were issued: John Siebels and Freda Ehlers both of Anamosa. Simon Denio and Hattie Fischer both of Cedar Rapids. Ralph C. G. Lambert and Evaline M. Appleby both of Monticello. George H. Moenk and Anna Margaret Sbalster both of Scotch Grove.
The post office department rescinded its order to discontinue Langworthy post office after a strong protest to Washington. Clarence Heyen plans to take the civil service exam for postmaster at the next opportunity. An oil stove exploded in Charles Guiles woodshed yesterday afternoon. the fire department responded, saving most items with neighbor and fire crew help.
Mr and Mrs D B Kehoe living three miles west of town contracted to purchase the Fawcett property on South Chestnut street. They expect to take ownership March 1 and will not leave the farm for about a year, planning a greatly improved home.
Last Tuesday brought a bright but cold Christmas with little snow. The prior Thanksgiving week dumped heavy snow, but warmer days since have melted most of it, leaving hard roads suited for smooth driving.
Thomas Kingsley son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Kingsley Cascade left Armour Institute Chicago to enlist with the U S forces at war declaration. He served in France in the front line trenches, earned promotion to sergeant and has been chosen for officers training camp somewhere in France.
Miss Margaret Ehlers daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ehlers of Anamosa and John Siebles son of Mr and Mrs Johnson Siebles were married last Friday morning at 10 o clock in Castle Grove Lutheran church. Rev Streeb officiated. The couple will reside on a farm in the area.
The note states readiness to handle a serious incident nationwide and advertise cure meat at the shop Suter's with contact by phone 77.
Capt Lovell and Lieut Balear travelled by automobile from Camp Dodge to Monticello for Christmas with their families due to government orders restricting soldiers from riding trains. M F First drove the Lovell car to Camp Dodge for them last week.
G P Rocksman rushed to Mount Horeb Wisconsin after learning of Paul Rockstad illness. He traveled by car to Dubuque and caught an evening train but arrived two hours after his father's death. Survived by widow and four children. He was 72.
Miss Lucile Chase visiting in the J H Perrine home in Madison Wisconsin hosts an evening party for the Monticello high school class of 1916. Twenty two of the twenty eight graduates attend. Mary Batchelder married recently in California, Cyrus Heisey and Will Carson serving in the U S Army.
Word from Monticello soldier at Camp Cody Deming New Mexico says Charles Podhaski who enlisted last fall has pneumonia. He is in hospital under good medical care. He wrote of a proposed hike on detached service and that his sister would not hear from him for a few days. He was taken ill shortly after writing.
Mr and Mrs Henry Monk celebrate twenty five years of marriage at Langworthy with many relatives and friends in attendance. They have lived in Langworthy for the entire quarter century.
The legal partnership Bates Hicks Faloine is formed by Thomas Bates dean of insurance lawyers counsel for Western Union Ernest H Hicks of Barger Hicks subrogation specialist and insurance attorney and Robert J Folonie who represented companies in the Ford Manufacturing Vandalia fire case The partnership takes effect Jan 1 and may be delayed to May 1 if quarters are unavailable.
Registrants push through questionnaires with county lawyers assisting. Two weeks remain as lawyers suspend other work to complete this duty. Many claim deferment due to dependents or agricultural enterprise, with married men and farmers dominating submissions.
The seed corn shortage worsens with 1915 conditions. Iowa needs about 1.7 million bushels for spring planting and Jones county requires 16 000 bushels with only 15 percent perfect, leaving 13 400 bushels to be selected from fields shocks and cribs. The Jones County Farm Bureau urges saving every ear for seed and not feeding or shipping it out, asking residents to report good corn to the county agricultural agent.
December 1867 notes from The Express list publisher John H. Scott, death of Kaspar Kiburz, church progress, market for prairie chickens and quail, deer hunting by Br. J. Tryon, dancing schools, near-complete parsonage, new brewery opening, hop profits and fields, local marriages and deaths, school teachers, Masonic lodge banquet, and market prices with gold at 1.89. The piece also records prominent locals like Prof. Jerome Allen and Duer & Westey, plus several obituaries and civic notices.
Captain Norman McQueen veteran of Canadian forces will speak at the Monticello opera house Sunday at eight about trench fighting in World War I. The Red Cross event offers free admission and aims to show No Man's Land and trench warfare with a detailed diagram of trenches and attack waves.
The Jones County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday January 8 at Anamosa to elect officers and directors for the coming year. A lunch at 12:00 will be served and the program and election follow with noted speakers. A Pure Bred Live Stock Breeders association may be organized, and interest is invited from farmers and businessmen in Jones County.
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